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First German war bride of a Canadian soldier to arrive at Dorval airport
First German war bride of a Canadian soldier to arrive at Dorval airport

First German war bride of a Canadian soldier to arrive at Dorval airport

Date5/3/1947
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Original Toronto Star caption: First German war bride of a Canadian soldier to arrive at Dorval airport. Mrs. William Benington; shown here; was disappointed when she didn't see Indians; Eskimos or R.C.M.P. She read about Canada in travel booklets; thought Toronto a town close to Montreal. Married two weeks ago in London; she will visit hubby's parents in Port Arthur before going to live in Creston; B.C.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0018679F
      First German war bride to arrive in Brantford, Mrs
      First German war bride to arrive in Brantford, Mrs
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/18/1948
      Military Members of the Canadian peace observation team head for their plane at Dorval Airport in Montreal during the weekend. Prof. Eayrs says Canadian force will be in for difficult times
      Military Members of the Canadian peace observation team head for their plane at Dorval Airport in Montreal during the weekend. Prof. Eayrs says Canadian force will be in for difficult times
      Dutton, Don
      1/28/1973
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      German bride, Mrs. Earl Beninger, now in Port Arthur, drops a line to Canadian soldier-husband who is still in London while her new mother - in - law,(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/7/1947
      Hijacker gives up at Montreal's Dorval Airport yesterday and is escorted from Air Canada Viscount by police
      Hijacker gives up at Montreal's Dorval Airport yesterday and is escorted from Air Canada Viscount by police
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      9/11/1968
      e Canadian Barracks in Saigon are bleak, and some of the truce ob-ers described them as a stalag - a German camp for prisoners of war when they arrive(...)
      e Canadian Barracks in Saigon are bleak, and some of the truce ob-ers described them as a stalag - a German camp for prisoners of war when they arrive(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      2/7/1972
      Y 'they're all dead, Mrs. Bert, 20, German war bride once slapped ering, holds photos of dead top Nazis [Incomplete]
      Y 'they're all dead, Mrs. Bert, 20, German war bride once slapped ering, holds photos of dead top Nazis [Incomplete]
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/18/1946
      Fuelled for Cuba trip, a Canadian Forces Yukon transport plane stands waiting on the tarmac at the northwest corner of Dorval airfield, just outside M(...)
      Fuelled for Cuba trip, a Canadian Forces Yukon transport plane stands waiting on the tarmac at the northwest corner of Dorval airfield, just outside M(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      1/1/1970
      Together again: Reunited for the first time since D-Day, 40 years ago, Edith Bodin and AL Mazerolle remeber how Al saved her life after she had been shot by a German soldier
      Together again: Reunited for the first time since D-Day, 40 years ago, Edith Bodin and AL Mazerolle remeber how Al saved her life after she had been shot by a German soldier
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      6/3/1984
      Author Tony Foster has written book about his father's confrontation with German general who ordered 43 Canadian soldiers killed
      Author Tony Foster has written book about his father's confrontation with German general who ordered 43 Canadian soldiers killed
      Bock, Tony
      2/9/1987
      War and peace, Norway's King Olav V, above, arrives at Pearson airport yesterday
      War and peace, Norway's King Olav V, above, arrives at Pearson airport yesterday
      Martha, Princess of Norway
      11/19/1987
      Facing Charge of hijacking a jet from Labrador to Montreal last night, 21-year-old Larry Maxwell Stanford leaves Dorval police cells for his court app(...)
      Facing Charge of hijacking a jet from Labrador to Montreal last night, 21-year-old Larry Maxwell Stanford leaves Dorval police cells for his court app(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      12/15/1972
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      3 years later, the bride arrives, Queen's University graduate student Samir Fahmy Abdel Hady hugs the bride he married in 1968, 20-year-old Fatna, aft(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      7/8/1971